Happy Thursday!
Sorry it has been a few days, so
let’s get started.
Did anyone
happen to read the DOT’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Weekly Digest
Bulletin on September 14, 2025, their announcement titled, “Trump’s Transportation
Secretary Sean P. Duffy Announces $86 Million in Grants to Support State Pipeline
Safety Programs”? In the announcement,
it goes on to speak on how the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has
set up $86 million in federal funding which will be managed and awarded by the Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to help states check most of
the pipelines in their respective states. For this year it means $82 million
for Pipeline Safety Base funding and $4 million in Underground Natural Gas Storage
funding. These federal funds will help states with costs associated with inspection of pipelines including but not limited to labor,
gear and anything else they need to help apply federal regulation to pipelines.
The Texas agency in charge of hazardous
liquids and natural gas pipelines is the Texas Railroad Commission, and they
have approximately $8.2 million and $2.1 million from each of the programs to
help with their duties. We wish them much success checking pipelines to
help keep communities safe! If you would
like to read more of the Announcement from the PHMSA, please click the
link: Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Announces $86 Million in Grants to Support State Pipeline Safety Programs | PHMSA.
If you would
like help in looking into how to move your liquid hydrocarbons and reduce your emissions,
or with helping you find a fabricator to build skids and other equipment for
your natural gas facility contact us via email in the Blog and check out our ESC website!
We hope you
have an enjoyable evening!
**Disclaimer: Please see the U.S. PHMSA’s Announcement for
the specifics. **